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Melvin Ray A-Day Breakdown


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In clipbit #3, we saw the breakdown of the delayed sideline route to Chandler Cox. In clipbit #5, Auburn utilizes a similar formation in an attempt to take advantage of the defense reacting to the previous play to Cox. Wide receiver Melvin Ray also runs a double-move route in an attempt to make the secondary commit to his first move. Senior Melvin Ray should once again be a regular in the playing rotation in 2015. Though he has only 13 career receptions, Ray has made the most of his opportunities. Of his 13 receptions, 12 have resulted in a first down or touchdown and 9 have been impact plays or p-lays of 15-yards or more. At 6-3, 215, Ray will give Jeremy Johnson another big and physical target to challenge the opposing secondary.

The play...

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During this play the offense faces a 2nd & 5 from their own 35-yard line. The offense comes out in a 3-WR set, just as they did on the play to Chandler Cox. At the snap, Chandler Cox will release out of the backfield, running a short out-route towards the sideline (boundary side). Because Cox previously burned the secondary on a 27-yard gain, the defense reacts to Cox early on.

Melvin Ray is the sole boundary-receiver and will initially run an inside route. Ray has previously run a skinny-post and square-in route prior to this play. Stephen Roberts is the CB responsible for Ray and Roberts is playing 7-yards off the line. Ray initially cuts inside of Roberts but turns back towards the sideline on his double-move route. The second move turns the boundary corner around, leaving Ray wide open on the deep-out.

Just like the play to Chandler Cox, Peyton Barber also releases out of the backfield, giving Jeremy Johnson an easy check down in his progressions. Johnson finds Ray wide open and delivers the pass towards the sideline. Ray hauls in the pass for a 20-yard gain and a first down. Gus Malzahn will find immediate tendencies in the secondary and will use them against the opposition by making slight adjustments to his receiver's routes.

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